Koichi Kido

Koichi Kido (18 July 1889-6 April 1977) was Home Minister of Japan from 5 January to 30 August 1939, succeeding Nobumasa Suetsugu and preceding Naoshi Ohara.

Biography
Koichi Kido was born on 18 July 1889 in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan and was a grand-nephew of Koin Kido. Kido became a politician who managed several positions dealing with the security and welfare of the people of Japan, and he was Minister of Security under Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe. In 1941, he advised Emperor Hirohito against attacking the Dutch East Indies during World War II out of fear of provoking war with the United States, and after the war's end he advised the US general Douglas MacArthur on matters of logistics. However, he was later sentenced to life imprisonment for war crime by the USA after the war, only to be released in 1953 due to poor health. He died in 1977 in Tokyo.